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1001 8,4 | Confession, the Priest may, if he deems necessary, impose a penance,
1002 10,3 | two-fold purpose: 1) to deepen the spiritual life of its
1003 10,3 | other Church did Paul feel a deeper affection. The whole letter
1004 9,7 | prayer that leads to the deepest mysteries of the contemplative
1005 1,4 | arrived in America and became deeply involved in the many-sided
1006 8,4 | gossiped, slandered, and defamed, for my wrath, enmity, hatred,
1007 1,6 | Against Heresies, which defends Orthodoxy against the Gnostics,
1008 6,2 | expected the meek, the most defenseless and oppressed of all, to
1009 3,1 | from the heart, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart
1010 1,4 | Patriarchates; and 2) they defined, once and for all, the teachings
1011 6,1 | the dogmatic and doctrinal definitions of the Ecumenical Councils
1012 6,8 | and knew death. The Fall deformed man's inner, spiritual nature,
1013 1,3 | revitalizing the Mission to such a degree that at the end of the 1830'
1014 9,1 | things!”~There are different degrees of prayer and for the beginner
1015 7 | sake became material and deigned to dwell in matter, Who
1016 2,3 | the Baptist, called the Deisis (prayer), since the Theotokos
1017 9,1 | a coldness towards God, dejection, a weakening of the faith
1018 10,3 | 21) and explains that the delay of the Second Coming is
1019 1,4 | Cathedral in New York City, as a delegate to the All Russian Sobor
1020 1,4 | attended by three American delegates and elected Metropolitan
1021 1,4 | the head of the American delegation in Moscow, on May 18, 1970.
1022 9,7 | longer recited by means of a deliberate effort, but repeats itself
1023 8,4 | carelessness, and hardness sinned deliberately, willingly, in my right
1024 1,7 | especially prominent in the deliberations of the Third Ecumenical
1025 9,8 | man is filled with quiet delight....”~While implacably struggling
1026 5,1 | the cup of its deceitful delights. He is seen from afar (as
1027 9,8 | shield, his high tower and deliverer, and the horn of [his] salvation (
1028 10,1 | to be the agent of God in delivering Israel from slavery, to
1029 2,2 | side of the Soleas for the delivery of sermons — the Pulpit.~
1030 10,1 | Sanctuary in Jerusalem as demanded by the Law. Israel, not
1031 9,8 | struggling against evil and demanding the triumph of justice,
1032 5,2 | by good deeds, and good demeanor to be a Light to the World.”~
1033 4,0 | dwellings on High.~After her demise, the Holy Apostles bore
1034 10,2 | Sarah who was haunted by a demon. God heard the prayers of
1035 10,2 | and also exorcise Sarah's demon-lover, Asmodeus (Ch. 4-6). The
1036 6,2 | wept bitterly after his denial of our Lord, but the Lord
1037 2,3 | transitory. The Holy Icons denote that the Savior, His Mother
1038 3,2 | the candle going before denotes the spiritual life brought
1039 11,2 | and Circle: The Triquetra, denoting the Trinity, is combined
1040 1,3 | their lives rather than denounce Christ. Among these were
1041 10,1 | Northern shrine of Bethel. He denounced Israel, as well as her neighbors,
1042 9 | far greater effect than denunciation of his sins. In addition,
1043 10,1 | they might know their utter dependence upon Him and thus be prepared
1044 7,2 | Sign (Znamenny).~This Icon depicts the Most-Holy Theotokos
1045 10,1 | B.C., with the subsequent Deportation to Babylon.~The purpose
1046 3,0 | the senses is the actual deportment of the human body. The attitude
1047 10,2 | collect a sum of money he had deposited there many years before.
1048 6,4 | Matt. 2:13; Luke 4:29), deprivations and tribulations (Luke 9:
1049 6,2 | others, will be the means of depriving oneself of the rewards of
1050 7 | never changed, for it is derived from the teachings concerning
1051 6,9 | language (2 Cor. 12:2,4); it derives from the fullness of knowing
1052 4,1 | Righteous Joachim, was a descendant of King David, to whom God
1053 11,1 | he begins his Gospel by describing St. John the Baptist, the
1054 7,2 | Icons from being burnt and desecrated, pious people tried to hide
1055 4,1 | a place of solitude in a deserted place.~Anna, having heard
1056 8,4 | to your immortal soul; it deserves ceaseless, unending weeping
1057 10 | not totally appropriate to designate the character of these two
1058 4,0 | was mystery that was not designed for the ears of the outside
1059 4,1 | entering, would soon be desolated and not a stone be left
1060 8,4 | times have I lost heart and despaired of my salvation and of God'
1061 10,3 | commending members of a despised people — the Samaritans (
1062 1,0 | a Bishop, Eis polla eti, Despota, in recognition of the debt
1063 4,6 | nonetheless created spirits, destined to worship and reflect the
1064 10,3 | this act (5:1-8:39). After detailing the role of Israel — the
1065 10,3 | the Corinthian Church had deteriorated, and having made a painful
1066 9,2 | our home rule of prayer is determined for each of us in accordance
1067 10,2 | importance of Wisdom in determining the eternal destiny of men;
1068 10,2 | from those that came later (deutero — second). This term is
1069 10,2 | books are given the title Deutero-canonicalas contrasted to Proto-canonical
1070 6,1 | and Chrismation and they develop and grow throughout the
1071 6,2 | and pride, and spiritually develops towards self-denial in the
1072 1,4 | for which Fr. John had devised an alphabet based on the
1073 9,3 | during our entire lives by devoting to it the greater part of
1074 9,5 | lion, seeking some one to devour (1 Pet. 5:8). Remembering
1075 9,6 | the birds of the air have devoured, O Christ our God, raise
1076 4,9 | glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain
1077 1,2 | elder stood before the Icon, devoutly crossed himself and said, “
1078 2,5 | vestments, called the Vestry (or Diakonnikon, since the Deacons are usually
1079 1,8 | literary works, including his Dialogues on the monastic Saints of
1080 10,1 | Jeremiah the Prophet which he dictated to his aide, Baruch. His
1081 11,1 | duly performed” [From A Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship.
1082 1,1 | Thomas.~St. Thomas, called Didymus (or the Twin, John 11:16),
1083 1,5 | of Christendom began to differ in their basic approaches,
1084 8 | those who said seven, but differed among themselves as to what
1085 1,5 | of cultural and language differences. Then, in 800, we see a
1086 1,3 | despite the harsh climate, the difficulty of supplying the Mission
1087 7,2 | The girl then began to dig at a spot where a stove
1088 4,2 | and so she commanded that digging proceed at the place where
1089 2,6 | blessed by the Bishop with the dikeri, representing the two natures
1090 2,7 | one with two candles (dikiri) and the other with three (
1091 9 | not granted to us without diligence and struggle. Therefore
1092 9,1 | verbal prayer — through the diligent exercise of it — the Christian,
1093 7 | see images that give us a dim insight into Divine Revelation —
1094 9,3 | those present.”~While not diminishing the role and importance
1095 10,6 | Luke 2:14~Nunc Dimittis (“Lord, now lettest Thou...”).............
1096 10,3 | For now we see in a mirror dimly; but then face to face.
1097 5 | often called the Trapeza or Dining Hall) and in common work.
1098 8,6 | title Metropolitan to every Diocesan Bishop and grant the title
1099 1,1 | monasteries of Simonopetra, Dionysiou, Grigoriou, Stavronikita,
1100 4,0 | by his close disciples, Dionysius the Areopagite, Hierotheus
1101 7,2 | Theotokos Of The Sign of Dionysius-Glushetsk, Kursk, Seraphimo-Ponetaevskaya,
1102 10,1 | using this catastrophe as a dire warning, went on to depict
1103 11,1 | Christianity spreading in the four directions. This is seen as a missionary
1104 7,2 | Hodigitria, which means Directress or Guider of the Way, according
1105 6,2 | Syrian, “if your brother disagrees with what you say, do not
1106 10,3 | hoping to meet Titus there. Disappointed there, he went on to Macedonia (
1107 6,2 | which means you will morally disarm him. It is better to suffer
1108 6,1 | Tradition and cannot be discarded or revised. The other parts
1109 5 | preoccupations, makes it difficult to discern the state of one's soul
1110 8,4 | reaches the age of moral discernment, usually around the age
1111 10,3 | Kingdom (Ch. 13); 4) On True Discipleship (Ch. 18); and 5) On the
1112 1,4 | matters of doctrinal and disciplinary importance began with the
1113 10,1 | guiding, sustaining, and disciplining His people so that they
1114 6,5 | is mentioned frequently, disclosing His divine attributes. The
1115 10 | that is, a Revelation or disclosure of God's will for the future,
1116 8,4 | love, of all that creates discord in family life, in society,
1117 5 | the Church even seem to discourage those who would lead a life
1118 10,4 | 34; Ps. 91; Ps. 121~When Discouraged: Ps. 23; Ps. 37; Ps. 42;
1119 7 | given by God the power of discrimination and we know what can be
1120 3,4 | part of the Creed (which is discussed in more detail in a separate
1121 10,3 | redemption (1:18-3:20). Then he discusses God's saving act in Christ:
1122 6,9 | consciously and stubbornly disdain the call to repentance,
1123 9,3 | vices, the physician of diseases, the peace of the soul,
1124 6,0 | commandment warns against any dishonesty , cheating, or deception
1125 4,9 | Chrysostom, St. Paul sought dishonor more than we seek honor,
1126 1,5 | much of his jurisdiction disintegrated, being absorbed by others,
1127 2,5 | Holy Eucharist.~ ~Paten (Diskos).~This is a round vessel
1128 10,1 | for national success and disloyalty a guarantee of disaster.~ ~
1129 7,1 | city from the adversaries. Dismantling the niche, the Bishop found
1130 4,5 | fallen away from God by disobeying His commandments.~Each of
1131 6,2 | relations between them as well. Disorder and conflict within men
1132 6,2 | who has attained complete dispassion for all carnal things, for
1133 6,2 | beauty; great is he who is dispassionate”; he who has “triumphed
1134 3,2 | an end: the darkness is dispersed by the rising light of the
1135 10,3 | tribulation on this earth are the display of the wrath of the Lamb (
1136 7 | sanctification of the human body and displays to the world the image of
1137 8,4 | our hardened hearts and dispose our soul to true repentance.
1138 10,2 | however, these books have been disputed by many; many hold them
1139 3,8 | fasted and you who have disregarded the Fast. The table is fully-laden)
1140 7,2 | one of the brethren, and, disregarding the sign, continued to pass
1141 6,0 | effect. We moderns have such disrespect for the Holy — especially
1142 2,2 | The Holy Fathers deemed it disrespectful for anyone to sit during
1143 6,2 | agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you
1144 1,4 | the Church on the part of dissident factions filled with the
1145 1,5 | created. This jurisdiction was dissolved with the granting of Autocephaly
1146 5,1 | at first, he stands at a distance from his father's house (
1147 1,3 | Mission because of the great distances involved, Father John found
1148 2,7 | of the faith. As further distinctions of honor, a Priest may also
1149 6,2 | virtue, for even if one distinguishes himself by fasting, prayer,
1150 1,4 | throughout his entire life, distinguishing himself as a true missionary
1151 10,3 | one book of the Bible most distorted by various Protestant sects.~ ~
1152 3,2 | Epistles, were read aloud. The distribution of the blessed bread during
1153 10,3 | inroads, aroused such a disturbance, that Paul and his companions
1154 8,4 | society, and of all that disturbs the soul's peace and tranquility.
1155 4,5 | Orthodoxy is rich in its diversity.~Traditionally, the meal
1156 7 | Iconostasis (Icon-screen) dividing the Altar from the rest
1157 10,3 | and works of Jesus as the divine-human Savior Whose compassion
1158 8,5 | Also, one who has been divorced may not be permitted to
1159 8,7 | And I say to you: Whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity,
1160 7,2 | Smolensk fortress wall over the Dnieprovsky Gates, under a specially-constructed
1161 7,2 | Athos at the Monastery of Dochiarou. The Monastery's tradition
1162 5,1 | event. If one wishes to be a doctor or a lawyer or a businessman
1163 6,3 | silence, and let us not try to dogmatize about the supreme glory
1164 6,3 | theologians, although not dogmatized by the Church, she did fall
1165 7,2 | Bogoliubsky, the son of Yuri Dolgoruky, brought the Icon to Vladimir
1166 1,5 | shifted to the North, to the domains of the Most Pious Tsars
1167 11,1 | T-shaped Cross erected on the dome of a basilica built by him
1168 4,6 | Seraphim and Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Powers, Authorities, Principalities,
1169 10,3 | the reign of the Emperor Domitian (81-96 A.D.). This is a
1170 7,2 | the Mongols at the River Don, gathered together an army,
1171 1,4 | Borovikovsky (1758-1825). It was donated to the Cathedral of St.
1172 4,8 | Zechariah was incredulous. He doubted the angel since both he
1173 8,4 | over my lack of faith, my doubting, my perplexity, my coldness,
1174 10,3 | 32; 3:6; 24:47).~ ~When Downcast~(Matt. 11:28-30)~Come to
1175 2,1 | Thief on Jesus' right and downward to Hell for the Thief on
1176 3,2 | interspersed only by brief doxologies in honor of Christ's coming
1177 9,3 | Saint notes, a man “does not doze off, does not talk a lot,
1178 2,7 | or buttoned at the sides.~Draped over the Saccos, the Bishop
1179 1,1 | and institutions have been drastically reduced. In 1914, there
1180 1,0 | instead only sorrow and a dreadful stench. Their religion is
1181 1,3 | during this sleep, Herman dreamed that he was healed by the
1182 9,7 | for example, we wash, we dress, we have breakfast, and
1183 1,5 | Christendom had begun to drift apart because of cultural
1184 5,1 | abandoned the world after drinking the cup of its deceitful
1185 9,7 | when he eats and when he drinks, when he lies down and when
1186 5,2 | absent-mindedness while at prayer and to drive away evil thoughts from
1187 10,3 | missionary journey, after being driven out of Philippi, Paul, Silas
1188 8,4 | falling into the same pits, driving the soul to utter despair.
1189 3,9 | the Canticles themselves dropped out of general usage (except
1190 7,2 | depicted Her with a scar and drops of blood on Her cheek.~The
1191 10,9 | Mark 11:23-26~In Times of Drought James 5:10-16 Matt. 16:1-
1192 8,4 | lacked sobriety and been drunken, intemperate in food and
1193 10,3 | missionary journey) had a dual purpose: to provide guidance
1194 6,0 | Pay all of them their dues...respect to whom respect
1195 1,0 | Third Rome, and the Grand Duke of Moscow assumed the titles
1196 11,1 | none of these things is duly performed” [From A Dictionary
1197 4,8 | divine command, he was struck dumb until the time when the
1198 1,2 | Iliamna, where his apostolic duties came to an end, together
1199 9,7 | when the Spirit takes its dwelling-place in a man he does not cease
1200 4,0 | arms of the Lord to the dwellings on High.~After her demise,
1201 10,4 | of my life.~And I shall dwetl in the house of the LORD
1202 1,4 | also accepted Fr. Alexander Dzubay from the Unia to Orthodoxy
1203 6,3 | in The Mother of God, ed. E.L. Mascall, p.35].~ ~
1204 11,1 | Gospel seems to soar on eagles' wings.~The four images
1205 2,7 | rug is called an Orlets (eaglet)) reminds the Bishop that
1206 6,6 | Church he serves God and earns His approval.~The Lord inspires
1207 9,3 | because “the mind is more at ease and there are fewer worries.”
1208 11,2 | Lily: This is a symbol of Easter and immortality. The bulb
1209 6,3 | sinless by God's grace (Eccles. 7:29), was not only like
1210 3,7 | none of it contradicts our ecclesial identity as the Orthodox
1211 10,1 | praise of the ideal wife.~ ~Ecclesiastes (or The Preacher).~This
1212 4,1 | Jerusalem surpassed and eclipsed all the triumphant processions
1213 1,2 | with the exploration and economic development of this new
1214 2,5 | would bring all sorts of edible gifts (cheese, eggs, boiled
1215 1,3 | Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan, which proclaimed
1216 1,0 | the Greeks led us to the edifices where they worship their
1217 9,8 | They called on believers to edify themselves with psalms and
1218 6,0 | only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that
1219 3,8 | Monastery.~In 1888, a new edition of the Typikon was prepared
1220 3,8 | of the Canon. Often some editions of the service books, such
1221 1,4 | Russian Sobor in 1917, as editor of the Russian-American
1222 1,3 | their effort to convert and educate the natives. Several thousand
1223 1,4 | natives to Orthodoxy and educating them. He learned the Aleut
1224 5,1 | himself with the proper education, apprenticeship training
1225 2,3 | the Lord was crucified, effecting thereby our salvation.~As
1226 3,8 | specially-prepared cheese and egg dishes. Thus we celebrate
1227 5 | monasticism was not one of ego and self, but of love of
1228 9,5 | draw closer to Heaven....Egoism cries to Thee: 'My Father,'
1229 4,4 | who mentions that certain Egyptians commemorated the birth of
1230 10,1 | Judges: Othniel (Ch. 3:7-11), Ehud (Ch. 3:12-30), Shamgar (
1231 11,1 | East, culminated in the eight-pointed Cross most common in the
1232 10,3 | Paul remained in the city eighteen months (Acts 18:1-17; 1
1233 1,3 | burned at the stake when over eighty years old, Justin the Martyr,
1234 1,4 | Saturday, 1879, at the age of eighty-two, having served Christ and
1235 1,0 | the greeting to a Bishop, Eis polla eti, Despota, in recognition
1236 10,3 | Temple in 70 A.D., is an elaborate argument showing the pre-eminence
1237 3,3 | relaxed in the case of anyone elderly or in poor health. Personal
1238 1,0 | of spiritual direction, eldership (or starchestvo) developed,
1239 3,2 | Greek words poll (much) and elea (oil or mercy), because
1240 10,2 | story of the martyrdom of Eleazar, the Seven Maccabean Brothers,
1241 1,4 | of Metropolitan Platen's election of 1922, and the formal
1242 3,4 | summons all in the church to elevate their hearts from earth
1243 10,1 | his case (Ch. 29-31); 6) Elihu's speeches (Ch. 32-37);
1244 10,1 | the local shrines may be eliminated.~This book can be divided
1245 6,6 | sanctification, in the complete elimination of sin from the community
1246 10,1 | the stories of the Prophet Elisha, heir to Elijah. Chapters
1247 3,3 | of the Light of God which emanates from the Gospel, illumining
1248 10,3 | working and were creating an embarrassing situation (3:6,11). Paul
1249 7,1 | Holy Face) was put up as an emblem of the Russian armies, defending
1250 1,1 | first national Church to emerge from the independence struggles
1251 4,5 | defenders of Constantinople emerged with a decisive victory.
1252 10 | varied forms, a common theme emerges — this book is a history
1253 1,5 | labored in servitude, only emerging again with the Balkan Revolutions
1254 1,1 | and Iraq, as well as an emigrant population in America. Its
1255 1,5 | there was a large Ukrainian emigration to America and Canada, and
1256 8,6 | given to Bishops of special eminence (e.g., Bishops of long tenure)
1257 7,1 | Image be redeemed from the Emir — the ruler of the city
1258 7,2 | of the Monastery, royal emissaries came from Moscow and having
1259 3,8 | Resurrection, He was recognized in Emmaus by two of His disciples
1260 9,8 | the Psalmist is often so emotional and spontaneous that he
1261 4,8 | the human race cannot be emphasized strongly enough. As the
1262 10,1 | God among them, constantly emphasizing the Lord's role in the events
1263 Intro | saved? The answer is an emphatic No! As the Blessed Augustine
1264 2,5 | The Announcement is also employed at other important moments
1265 8,4 | spent in time-wasting and emptiness! What shall I answer to
1266 6,2 | of mercy and calls us to emulate Him (Luke 6:36), for He
1267 7 | ourselves on to zealous emulation.~The Icons of the Saints
1268 10,1 | practicing their religion, were enabled, by God's help, to triumph
1269 6,2 | or rebuking them, and it enables us to help others, to pray
1270 4,0 | like thunder, and a cloud encircled the house of St. John the
1271 9 | the Ladder tells us, “to enclose our mind in the words of
1272 4,2 | constructed on the site, enclosing within its walls the place
1273 7,2 | sides. The weak monastery enclosure, together with the weak
1274 8,2 | within, but is outwardly encompassed by Him, being robed henceforth
1275 3,9 | All of the Faithful, when encountering each other at home, at work,
1276 10,3 | rebukes Diotrephes, while encouraging Gaius in his practice.~ ~
1277 10,3 | scholars see it as a sort of encyclical or circular letter of which
1278 9 | righteous.~As with any spiritual endeavor, however, the Christian
1279 1,0 | Moscow, which met in 1666-7, endorsed his reforms, but deposed
1280 9,8 | and the author strives to endow the Psalms with the stern
1281 6,7 | Jordan, so is every Christian endowed with Divine Grace in a mystic
1282 10,3 | younger colleague, urging endurance as the main quality of a
1283 1,8 | of Tabor and the Divine Energies of God, through which man
1284 9,7 | are many opportunities to engage in prayer. And what better
1285 10,1 | South (Ch. 10). A final engagement in the North resulted in
1286 1,4 | Minnesota, and a bilingual (English-Russian) publication for the Diocese
1287 1,0 | however, the Church was soon engulfed in the fires of the Bolshevik
1288 9,8 | but their meanings were enhanced, for the New Testament Revelation
1289 6,3 | in “the age to come.” She enjoys now the same bodily glory
1290 1,3 | again increased with the enlargement of his Diocese into an Archdiocese,
1291 1,3 | America), he began the work of enlarging the missionary work of the
1292 4,7 | of all people, a light to enlighten the Gentiles and to be the
1293 4,7 | Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those who sat in darkness!
1294 6,2 | that it brings spiritual enlightenment to those who believe, then
1295 8,8 | either body or soul, and enliven him/her by the grace of
1296 3,2 | have fallen, will again be enlivened by the Holy Spirit, be exalted
1297 3,7 | formulae have been expanded, enriched and developed according
1298 9,8 | evaluation of the events enriching his wisdom and helping him
1299 4,4 | enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor
1300 11,1 | and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For he who has died
1301 4,7 | their doubts and searchings entertained the firmest faith in what
1302 10,1 | First Kings begins with the enthronement of Solomon and the death
1303 6,0 | tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then
1304 6,4 | the third day after His entombment was resurrected by the power
1305 1,2 | America, but he and his entourage, including Hieromonk Makary
1306 7,2 | three-day fast, and with prayer entreated the Lord and His Most-Pure
1307 7,2 | to leave Moscow. At this entreaty the Hierarchs returned to
1308 6,0 | places us in and not to be envious of others, or to look with
1309 2,3 | inaccessible.~The Holy Fathers envisioned the church building as consisting
1310 6,2 | from passing judgment, from envying, being angry, arousing anger
1311 3,5 | subtracted a period called an epact to harmonize the Lunar and
1312 3,5 | and Solar Calendars. These epacts as calculated by the Orthodox
1313 10,3 | the return to Philippi of Epaphroditus (2:25-29), who had been
1314 3,6 | The Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian.~O Lord and Master
1315 3,4 | Holy Spirit is called the Epiclesis (meaning invocation). In
1316 2,7 | rectangular (Nabedrennik — or Epigonation) or lozenge-shaped (Palitsa).
1317 7,2 | individual cases of healings from epilepsy and frenzy have been especially
1318 10,2 | Jews under Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 B.C.). It was written
1319 1,1 | of Thessaly and a part of Epirus were likewise joined to
1320 1,5 | him to be the “first among equals,” whereas the Pope believed
1321 3,5 | immediately after the Spring Equinox (according to ancient reckoning —
1322 8,6 | Priests, and are generally equivalent to that of Archimandrite.~ ~
1323 6,7 | forgiven, but his sin is erased by God, as well, and he
1324 4,2 | the Lord Jesus Christ to erect a new church, to cleanse
1325 9,8 | not to be a people who err in heart (Ps. 95:10), grieving
1326 9,8 | lived, his failings and the errors he has made (Ps. 6:6). However,
1327 9,5 | also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to
1328 1,2 | to death — and who later escaped from the Spaniards....~When
1329 5,1 | Monks come to greet him and escort him to the gates of the
1330 1,2 | Indians, the Tlingits, and the Eskimos).~The first formal Orthodox
1331 6,2 | trembles before God when it establishes contact with Him in prayer,
1332 5 | strongly approved of the establishment of the coenobitic or common
1333 1,5 | in 1924. After a coup-d'etat, Bishop Theophan was forced
1334 10,3 | spiritual morality and social ethic bound together by Christian
1335 1,2 | of the Monk German, and Ethnographic Notes by the Hieromonk Gedeon,
1336 1,3 | with the American cultural ethos, as well as the English
1337 1,0 | greeting to a Bishop, Eis polla eti, Despota, in recognition
1338 7,2 | 5th Century, the Empress Eudoxia, wife of the Emperor Arcadius,
1339 10,2 | and 2) (Ch. 44-50:24) — a eulogy of the great men of Israel'
1340 10,3 | Father and a Jewish Mother, Eunice, and closely associated
1341 1,2 | crossed from the continent of Euro-Asia into North America. The
1342 3,7 | movement to introduce Western European harmonization and the chorale
1343 9,8 | spiritual comprehension and evaluation of the events enriching
1344 10 | categories: 1) “Gospels” — from Evangelion or Good News, because they
1345 4,0 | Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Evangelizers of the Slavs (May 11)~The
1346 8,3 | calling to mind” [P. N. Evdokimov, L'Orthodoxie, p. 241].
1347 3,2 | supplications to and hope in the ever-springing fountain of life and truth
1348 9,8 | wickedness and greed of evildoers. The Psalmist intercedes
1349 6,2 | it. We know that all the evils which bring man to damnation
1350 7,1 | manifested Herself to Bishop Evlavios and commanded him to get
1351 6,3 | visible world out of nothing (ex-nihilo) in six days — that is,
1352 8,4 | thoughts;~I weep over my exaggerated sorrow and grief, depression
1353 Intro | Orthodox Church — and will examine her traditions, her teachings,
1354 10,6 | Luke 1:68-79~Gloria in Excelsis (“Glory to God in the highest...”)..........
1355 5 | direction of an elder, is exceptionally conducive to that particular
1356 3,3 | In general, with a few exceptions, all Wednesdays and Fridays (
1357 8,4 | dancing and every pleasure to excess;~I weep over my self-indulgence,
1358 8,4 | fits of anger, irritation, excessive shouting, swearing, quarreling
1359 Intro | cannot permit herself to be excessively severe, closing her doors
1360 3,8 | during the Service the Clergy exclaim, “Christ is risen!” and
1361 Intro | not belonging to her, who exclude themselves. The rest of
1362 8,4 | all that insults God and excludes us from His love, of all
1363 1,1 | Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated the Bulgarian Church, but
1364 5,1 | he would be subject to excommunication. Nonetheless, he is still
1365 9,2 | sloth and must seek not to excuse himself from prayers on
1366 3,6 | words of evil, to invent excuses for my sins.~Let my prayer
1367 9,2 | mind and heart the rule of executing bows, prostrations, and
1368 10,3 | taught that they would be exempt from these judgments. As
1369 9 | gradually, through various exertions and labor. All of life's
1370 10,2 | written obviously to console, exhort and teach Egyptian Jews
1371 3,2 | had lost; it also is his exhortation to his posterity that they
1372 10,3 | 1-3:4) and 2) practical exhortations (3:5-4:18) in which the
1373 10,1 | Wilderness, in which the people, existing only precariously, are constantly
1374 10,2 | father's blindness and also exorcise Sarah's demon-lover, Asmodeus (
1375 8,1 | flock of the Church.~2. The Exorcism, which consists of four
1376 6,0 | original act of Creation and expanding the universal family of
1377 3,2 | from the old, and ends in expectancy and acceptance of the new,
1378 4,7 | righteous life, filled with the expectation of a meeting with the Lord.~ ~
1379 4,1 | the erroneous beliefs and expectations of the Jews, would sit on
1380 6,0 | us to do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your
1381 8,4 | hand (Matt. 3:2). Thus He expects from us true, heartfelt
1382 8,1 | as well as a prayer to expel from him “the ancient deception”
1383 1,9 | 885, his followers were expelled from the country.~The missionary
1384 9,5 | and cry: 'Father!' love expels fear, and the earth seems
1385 1,3 | was produced from his own experimental garden.~Caring little for
1386 3,7 | this we can trace early experiments with harmonization, and
1387 Pref | beliefs, a way of doing and explaining things, that is observably
1388 2,2 | services (except at certain explicit moments of instruction or
1389 1,2 | years, together with the exploration and economic development
1390 1,2 | missionaries traveled with the explorers Vitus Bering and Alexei
1391 10,1 | Eccl. 1:2). The author explores man's happiness and can
1392 8,4 | worthlessness? How can I reveal and expose in all its nakedness each
1393 6,4 | as Man, the Savior was exposed to various dangers (Matt.
1394 1,7 | defense of the poor, boldly exposing the vices of his age, for
1395 3,2 | celebrated on that day, or expound upon the Resurrection Gospel
1396 9,8 | profound and rhythmically expressive. Every word is weighed,
1397 9,8 | spiritual inspiration, poetic expressiveness and theological depth. As
1398 1,8 | well as numerous hymns, extensively used in Orthodox liturgical
1399 3,1 | Matt. 15:17-20). Thus exterior fasting, without the corresponding
1400 6,1 | must crucify ourselves, and exterminate and mortify our unreasonable
1401 Intro | community of all Believers, externally directed and organized by
1402 3,3 | Whom the heavenly powers extol, to repent of their sins
1403 4,4 | rejoices, magnifying and extolling Christ's glorious Resurrection,
1404 4,3 | were astonished at this extraordinary event.~The righteous Joachim
1405 3,9 | the Lord has shone on you.~Exult now and be glad, O Zion,~
1406 1,2 | me by an Aleut who was an eyewitness — a colleague of the man
1407 11,1 | St. Anthony the Great (f 356) wore the T-Cross on
1408 7 | to St. Basil the Great (f379), “what the word transmits
1409 3,8 | St. Sabbas of Jerusalem (f532) and later revised by St.
1410 7 | of St. John of Damascus (f776), who wrote in the Mid-Eighth
1411 7,2 | The Tatars and Russians faced each other across the River.
1412 10 | Testament and reflects many facets of the life of Israel, taking
1413 Intro | teachings, all of which is facilitated by the Divine Grace of the
1414 1,4 | on the part of dissident factions filled with the spirit of
1415 1,5 | failure. Probably the deciding factor in the permanence of the
1416 2,6 | joy...in order under that factual light to feel that Light
1417 9,8 | years he has lived, his failings and the errors he has made (
1418 7,2 | This miracle overcame their faintheartedness and the Monks remained in
1419 3,2 | Cycle — Matins. It shines faintly, at first, through the Star
1420 1,0 | men, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other
1421 4,9 | have followed Him long and faithfully who are privileged to enter
1422 10,1 | murmuring. They are pictured as faithless, rebellious, and blind to
1423 10,1 | His anger at His beloved's faithlessness. The book can be divided
1424 1,0 | regions to enquire of their faiths and to make a report to
1425 6,0 | Therefore, putting away falsehood let everyone speak the truth
1426 Pref | but equally beneficial, familiarizing many with an Orthodox continuity
1427 1,2 | betray our faith.” Then the fanatics set about torturing them.
1428 2,4 | times, the Holy Gifts were fanned to keep away insects. Now
1429 2,4 | Throne are placed ceremonial Fans, with which, in ancient
1430 8,4 | the lusts of the flesh in fantasy! How often has my tongue
1431 1,3 | journeys throughout his far-flung Diocese which covered parts
1432 10,2 | 2). At the same time, in faraway Media, there lived Sarah
1433 6,2 | all spiritual and saving fare for the heart.~The ascetic
1434 1,1 | in 1879. This Church has fared better than some in the
1435 4,5 | despair of the world.~In some farming households, a meal was prepared
1436 9,2 | reading the prayers even when fatigued after a day of hard work,
1437 3,8 | sumptuously. The calf is fatted; let no one go hungry away.
1438 6,2 | The tears of the eyes fatten the worm of vanity, while
1439 8,4 | and consider ourselves at fault before God, then our heart
1440 8,4 | gloated over his misdeeds, his faults or his misfortunes; how
1441 4,8 | to her and said, “Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!
1442 3,8 | hour, let him draw near, fearing nothing. If any have tarried
1443 7,2 | the Lord, the Novgorodians fearlessly rushed upon the enemy and
1444 6,2 | tribulations.” Readiness and fearlessness will be the crowning virtues
1445 6,2 | defiled by minor offenses, fears neither tribulations in
1446 9,1 | remembrance as well as the fearsome Day of Judgment, where we
1447 3,2 | the blessed bread during Feast-Day Matins to the faithful who
1448 7,1 | popularly called the Third Feast-of-the-Savior in August.~ ~
1449 7,2 | Monastery. The Icon is also feasted on September 8 and on the
1450 4,4 | The Feast of Feasts-The Holy Pascha of the Lord.~
1451 11,2 | When the peacock sheds his feathers, he grows more brilliant
1452 10,3 | yet your heavenly Father feeds them, Are you not of more
1453 5 | accompanied by humility towards fellow-men. Obedience to God is empty
1454 7,2 | killing many of their own fellows. The defenders of the Monastery
1455 6,2 | and fitting haven which fends off evil and cleaves to
1456 3,7 | Church celebrates the bright festivals of Lazarus Saturday and
1457 3,8 | candles are lit, and a joyous, festive procession circles the church
1458 7,2 | Bishop Mishael, the Icon was festively returned to Smolensk, while
1459 1,2 | the Christians at Antioch, fetching Paul from Tarsus to help
1460 3,8 | was embittered, for it was fettered in chains. It took a body,
1461 8,7 | preservation of a legal fiction. Divorce, therefore, is
1462 4,0 | arrived at the home.~On the fifteenth day of the month of August,
1463 3,1 | of the Holy Spirit — the fiftieth day after Pascha).~ ~The
1464 11,2 | of eternity, producing a figure recalling several spiritual
1465 4,3 | art everywhere present and fillest all things, Treasury of
1466 6,2 | all internal and external filth and quench the flame of
1467 6,0 | to avoid immoral stories, filthy talk, pornographic books,
1468 1,3 | This missionary work was financially supported primarily by the
1469 6,2 | laziness, bodily beauty, fine garments, rich food and
1470 6,8 | dead and the Author and Finisher of our own resurrection.
1471 1,2 | especially since he had a firearm with him. He let himself
1472 7,2 | and wounded those who had fired them. Terror enveloped the
1473 1,0 | was soon engulfed in the fires of the Bolshevik Revolution
1474 4,7 | searchings entertained the firmest faith in what had been foretold
1475 6,6 | bulwark express the truth's firmness, immutability, and changelessness.~
1476 3,1 | Basil the Great, Adam, the first-created man, loving God of his own
1477 4,7 | you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall
1478 1,1 | by the Lord to become a fisher of men (Matt. 4:19), he
1479 11,1 | suggesting the Christians as fishers of men (Matt. 4:19).~Fleur-De-Lis:
1480 1,4 | stopped. Nobody thought of fishing or hunting while he spoke;
1481 6,6 | elevates man, making him fit for a new holy life in Christ.~
1482 11,1 | death (Rev. 2:10).~Cross Fitchee: This is any Cross whose
1483 10,2 | book is an abridgment of a five-volume history, now lost, by one
1484 2,3 | Savior in royal garments, flanked by His Mother and St. John
1485 3,2 | brighter and brighter and then flares up into an all-encompassing
1486 11,1 | round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in
1487 2,7 | hat (the Skufia) or a tall flat-brimmed hat (the Kamilavka), such
1488 5,1 | outer robe) and Kamilavka (a flat-topped hat).~In ancient times the
1489 8,4 | deceived, been cunning or flattered, or been insincere and deceptive;
1490 6,2 | servitude, ingratiation or flattery in it. The humble Christian
1491 4,3 | of the historian Josephus Flavius, there were many rooms in
1492 1,1 | he was martyred by being flayed alive. His Feast Day is
1493 7,2 | Monastery rushed upon the fleeing Tatars in pursuit, taking
1494 11,1 | fishers of men (Matt. 4:19).~Fleur-De-Lis: This is French for flower
1495 7,2 | and in panic they took to flight, in the confusion even killing
1496 5 | clergy and laity, have been flocking to the monasteries for over
1497 10,1 | first destruction in the Flood. The latter section tells
1498 3,3 | oblations) made of wheat flour, mixed with plain water,
1499 1,5 | immigration did not actually flourish until the beginning of this
1500 3,2 | the Saints, depicting the flourishing of the Church after Christ'
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